Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on January 16, 2008 at 00:22:36

In Reply to: RE: Do Studio Execs not look at a person's credentials?.......I mean LOOK @ the guy's resume..... posted by TWB on January 15, 2008 at 23:37:12

More's the pity, and he wrote the script on spec too.

So you have a scrtipt by arguably the world's greatest playwright, the screenwriter of a little movie called Shakespeare In Love, and one by the guy who made American Pie...and you choose...the guy who made the Pies, the Nutty Professor - doesn't Weitz's resume just scream existential hero's journey? LOL! No amount of enthusiasm for the project could make up for that CV.

Defies all reason doesn't it?

New Line seemed to have forgotten everything they did right on LOTR. I think the fear of an anti-religious taint totally screwed up their thinking, either that or it was executive hubris beyond belief. CGI and publicity alone cannot make a good movie, not even out of first rate material. You need the right script, and you need the right director.

Peter Jackson wasn't well known when he helmed LOTR but he at least had one remarkable, critically acclaimed film under his belt (Heavenly Creatures), and an Oscar nom to boot. And as low rent as they are, the NZ horror films he did showed a real filmmaking talent at work.

NL had a chance to do something very special. They blew it.

Edits: 01/16/08